1955 Philadelphia Eagles season
{{short description|NFL team season}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=November 2013}}
{{Infobox NFL team season
| team = Philadelphia Eagles
| year = 1955
| record = 4–7–1
| division_place = 4th (tied) NFL Eastern
| coach = Jim Trimble
| owner = Happy Hundred
| stadium = Connie Mack Stadium
| playoffs = Did not qualify
| shortnavlink = Eagles seasons
}}
The 1955 Philadelphia Eagles season was their 23rd in the league. They failed to improve on their previous output of 7–4–1, winning only four games.[https://www.pro-football-reference.com/teams/phi/1955.htm 1955 Philadelphia Eagles] The team failed to qualify for the playoffs for the sixth consecutive season. 1955 marked the end of an era, as the last remaining Phil-Pitt Steagle, longtime player Bucko Kilroy, retired after 13 seasons in the NFL, all of them with the Eagles, going back to when they were known as the Steagles.
Off Season
= NFL Draft =
The 1955 NFL draft was held on January 27–28, 1955. The draft lasted for 30 rounds, with 12 teams selecting 360 players. Because of a 7–4–1 record in the 1954 season, the Eagles picked 8th in the odd rounds and 9th in the even rounds, alternating with the San Francisco 49ers. The Eagles made a pick in every round.
The Eagles used their 1st round pick, 9th overall, to select Dick Bielski, a fullback from Maryland.
= Player selections =
The table shows the Eagles selections and what picks they had that were traded away and the team that ended up with that pick. It is possible the Eagles' pick ended up with this team via another team that the Eagles made a trade with.
Not shown are acquired picks that the Eagles traded away.
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| bgcolor="#FFCC00"|Dick Bielski | Fullback | Maryland | | 2 | 22 | Alex "Buck" Lansford | Tackle | Texas | ||
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| 3 | 33 | Frank Eidom | Back | Southern Methodist | | 4 | 46 | Dean Dugger | End | Ohio State |
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| 5 | 57 | Gene Lamone | Guard | West Virginia | | 6 | 70 | Billy Quinn | Back | Texas |
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| 7 | 81 | Bill McKenna | End | Brandeis | | 8 | 94 | Herman Watson | Tackle | Vanderbilt |
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| 9 | 105 | Von Morgan | End | Abilene Christian | | 10 | 118 | Talmadge "Duke" Washington | Back | Washington State |
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| 11 | 129 | Bob Hardy | Back | Kentucky | | 12 | 142 | Andy Nacrelli | End | Fordham |
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| 13 | 153 | Jerry Krisher | Center | Ohio State | | 14 | 166 | Tommy Bell | Back | Army |
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| 15 | 177 | Don Brougher | Center | Maryland | | 16 | 190 | Clyde White | Guard | Clemson |
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| 19 | 225 | Terry Fails | End | Vanderbilt
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| 23 | | 24 | 286 | Vic "Hootie" Postula | Back | Michigan State | ||||
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| 25 | | 26 | 310 | George Palachunik | Guard | Maryland | ||||
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| 29 | 345 | Ron Lloyd | Tackle | Bucknell | | 30 | 357 | Dave Finney | Back | Texas Christian |
Schedule
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! 1 | {{dow tooltip|September 24, 1955}} | W 27–17 | 1–0 | 29,597 | [https://www.pro-football-reference.com/boxscores/195509240phi.htm Recap] | |
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! 2 | October 1 | L 30–31 | 1–1 | Connie Mack Stadium | 31,891 | [https://www.pro-football-reference.com/boxscores/195510010phi.htm Recap] | |
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! 3 | October 9 | at Cleveland Browns | L 17–21 | 1–2 | 43,974 | [https://www.pro-football-reference.com/boxscores/195510090cle.htm Recap] | |
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! 4 | {{dow tooltip|October 15, 1955}} | at Pittsburgh Steelers | L 7–13 | 1–3 | 33,413 | [https://www.pro-football-reference.com/boxscores/195510150pit.htm Recap] | |
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! 5 | October 23 | T 24–24 | 1–3–1 | Connie Mack Stadium | 24,620 | [https://www.pro-football-reference.com/boxscores/195510230crd.htm Recap] | |
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! 6 | October 30 | W 24–0 | 2–3–1 | Connie Mack Stadium | 31,164 | [https://www.pro-football-reference.com/boxscores/195510300phi.htm Recap] | |
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! 7 | November 6 | at Washington Redskins | L 21–34 | 2–4–1 | 25,741 | [https://www.pro-football-reference.com/boxscores/195511060was.htm Recap] | |
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! 8 | November 13 | W 33–17 | 3–4–1 | Connie Mack Stadium | 39,303 | [https://www.pro-football-reference.com/boxscores/195511130phi.htm Recap] | |
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! 9 | November 20 | at New York Giants | L 7–31 | 3–5–1 | 22,075 | [https://www.pro-football-reference.com/boxscores/195511200nyg.htm Recap] | |
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! 10 | November 27 | L 21–23 | 3–6–1 | Connie Mack Stadium | 21,668 | [https://www.pro-football-reference.com/boxscores/195511270phi.htm Recap] | |
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! 11 | December 4 | W 27–3 | 4–6–1 | Connie Mack Stadium | 19,478 | [https://www.pro-football-reference.com/boxscores/195512040phi.htm Recap] | |
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! 12 | December 11 | at Chicago Bears | L 10–17 | 4–7–1 | 34,783 | [https://www.pro-football-reference.com/boxscores/195512110chi.htm Recap] | |
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= Standings =
{{1955 NFL Eastern standings}}
{{1955 NFL Western standings}}
Roster
(All time List of Philadelphia Eagles players in franchise history)
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- + = Was a Starter in the Pro-Bowl
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| align=left| Jim Trimble | 35 | COACH | 1945 record 4–7–1 | NFL-Eagles Lifetime 25–20–3 | 4th | | ||||
| align=left| Indiana University | |||||||||
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|33| | |||||||||
| align=left|Roy Barni | 28 | DB | 4 | 0 | 185 | 5–11 | 3| | ||
| align=left|San Francisco | |||||||||
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| align=left|Bibbles Bawel | 25 | DB | 12 | 0 | 185 | 6–1 | 3 | Evansville | |
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|60| | |||||||||
| align=left bgcolor=#CCFFCC|Chuck Bednarik | 29 | LB-C | 12 | 0 | 233 | 6–3 | 5| | ||
| align=left|Pennsylvania | |||||||||
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|81| | |||||||||
| align=left|Eddie Bell | 24 | DB-LB | 12 | 0 | 212 | 6–1 | Rookie| | ||
| align=left|Pennsylvania | |||||||||
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|36| | |||||||||
| align=left|Dick Bielski | 23 | E-FB | 12 | 0 | 224 | 6–1 | Rookie| | ||
| align=left|Maryland | |||||||||
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| align=left|Adrian Burk | 27 | QB | 12 | 8 | 190 | 6–2 | 4| | ||
| align=left|Baylor | |||||||||
| align=center | 64| | ||||||||
| align=left|Russ Carroccio | 24 | G-T-DT-DG | 7 | 0 | 235 | 6–1 | 1| | ||
| align=left|Virginia | |||||||||
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|44| | |||||||||
| align=left|Harry Dowda | 33 | DB-HB | 12 | 0 | 195 | 6–2 | 6| | ||
| align=left|Wake Forest | |||||||||
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| align=left|Hal Giancanelli | 26 | HB | 12 | 0 | 182 | 5–10 | 2| | ||
| align=left|Loyola Marymount | |||||||||
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|22| | |||||||||
| align=left|Ralph Goldston | 26 | HB-DB | 10 | 0 | 195 | 5–11 | 3| | ||
| align=left|Youngstown State | |||||||||
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|71| | |||||||||
| align=left|Tom Higgins | 25 | T-G-DT | 12 | 0 | 230 | 6–2 | 2| | ||
| align=left|North Carolina | |||||||||
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|42| | |||||||||
| align=left|Bob Hudson | 25 | DB-LB-E | 12 | 0 | 225 | 6–4 | 4| | ||
| align=left|Clemson | |||||||||
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|63| | |||||||||
| align=left|Ken Huxhold | 26 | G | 12 | 0 | 226 | 6–1 | 1 | | ||
| align=left|Wisconsin | |||||||||
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|78| | |||||||||
| align=left|Mike Jarmoluk | 33 | DT-T-MG | 12 | 0 | 232 | 6–5 | 9| | ||
| align=left|Temple | |||||||||
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|40| | |||||||||
| align=left|Don Johnson | 24 | HB | 2 | 0 | 187 | 6–0 | 2| | ||
| align=left|California | |||||||||
| align=center | 50| | ||||||||
| align=left|Bob Kelley | 25 | C | 12 | 0 | 232 | 6–2 | Rookie| | ||
| align=left|West Texas A&M | |||||||||
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|76| | |||||||||
| align=left|Bucko Kilroy | 34 | G-MG-T-DT | 1 | 0 | 243 | 6–2 | 12| | ||
| align=left|Temple | |||||||||
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|79| | |||||||||
| align=left|Buck Lansford | 22 | G-T | 12 | 12 | 232 | 6–2 | Rookie| | ||
| align=left|Texas | |||||||||
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|25| | |||||||||
| align=left|Toy Ledbetter | 28 | HB | 8 | 0 | 198 | 5–10 | 5| | ||
| align=left|Oklahoma State | |||||||||
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|67| | |||||||||
| align=left|John Magee | 32 | G | 7 | 0 | 220 | 5–10 | 7| | ||
| align=left|La-Lafayette, and Rice | |||||||||
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|41| | |||||||||
| align=left|Jerry Norton | 24 | DB-HB | 12 | 0 | 195 | 5–11 | 1 | | ||
| align=left|SMU | |||||||||
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|43| | |||||||||
| align=left|Jim Parmer | 29 | FB-HB | 12 | 0 | 193 | 6–0 | 7| | ||
| align=left|Oklahoma State | |||||||||
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|35| | |||||||||
| align=left bgcolor=#ccFFCC|Pete Pihos + | 32 | E-DE | 12 | 0 | 210 | 6–1 | 8| | ||
| align=left|Indiana | |||||||||
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|71| | |||||||||
| align=left|Jim Ricca | 28 | MG-T-G-DT | 6 | 0 | 270 | 6–4 | 4| | ||
| align=left|Georgetown (DC) | |||||||||
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| align=left|Jess Richardson | 25 | DT | 12 | 0 | 261 | 6–2 | 2| | ||
| align=left|Alabama | |||||||||
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| align=left|Wayne Robinson | 25 | LB-C | 12 | 0 | 225 | 6–2 | 3| | ||
| align=left|Minnesota | |||||||||
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|82| | |||||||||
| align=left|Tom Scott | 25 | DE-LB | 12 | 0 | 218 | 6–2 | 2 | | ||
| align=left|Virginia | |||||||||
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|66| | |||||||||
| align=left|Ed Sharkey | 28 | LB-G-T-DG | 7 | 0 | 229 | 6–3 | 8| | ||
| align=left|Duke, and Nevada-Reno | |||||||||
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| align=left|Lum Snyder | 25 | T | 12 | 0 | 228 | 6–5 | 3| | ||
| align=left|Georgia Tech | |||||||||
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| align=left|Bill Stribling | 28 | E | 12 | 0 | 206 | 6–1 | 4| | ||
| align=left|Mississippi | |||||||||
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| align=left|George Taliaferro | 28 | HB-TB-QB-DB | 3 | 0 | 196 | 5–11 | 6| | ||
| align=left|Indiana | |||||||||
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| align=left|Bobby Thomason | 27 | QB | 10 | 3 | 196 | 6–1 | 6| | ||
| align=left|VMI | |||||||||
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|83| | |||||||||
| align=left|Bobby Walston | 27 | E-HB-K | 12 | 0 | 190 | 6–0 | 4| | ||
| align=left|Georgia ... Uga's page | |||||||||
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| align=left|Jim Weatherall | 26 | DT-T | 12 | 0 | 245 | 6–4 | Rookie| | ||
| align=left|Oklahoma | |||||||||
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| align=left|Ted Wegert | 23 | HB | 7 | 0 | 202 | 5–11 | Rookie | none | |
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| align=left|Norm Willey + | 27 | DE-G-E | 12 | 0 | 224 | 6–2 | 4| | ||
| align=left|Marshall | |||||||||
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|75| | |||||||||
| align=left|Frank Wydo | 31 | T-DT | 12 | 0 | 225 | 6–4 | 8| | ||
| align=left|Cornell | |||||||||
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| | 37 Players Team Average | 27.1 | 12 | 215.7 | 6–1.4 | 3.9 |
References
{{Reflist}}
{{1955 NFL season by team}}
{{Philadelphia Eagles seasons}}
{{NFL on DuMont}}
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